Dénia invites all sectors of society to defend the train to Gandia
That of 2016 go down in history as the summer of trains. The news of the closure of 9 line TRAM between Denia and Calpe now joins the continuation of the struggle for another train, the Coast, which should unite the capital of the region with Gandia and, by extension, Valencia .
On Monday, the agenda of the municipality of Dénia will star the train Coast with one goal: to get the maximum consensus with all sectors of local society to design actions in defense of train Gandia-Oliva Denia.
Earlier, the mayor will meet with the spokespersons of political groups with representation munciipal to start talking about the allegations to be submitted to the Ministry of Development report on the infeasibility of Tren de la Costa.
The second meeting will be in the afternoon, at 18: 00 hours, when it meets the Xarxa d'Alcaldes of the Marina Alta in Dénia. After that meeting, the town hall has called the citizens to a meeting in the plenary hall where they will listen to the suggestions of the neighbors of the region.
On Tuesday, after holding all these meetings, Grimalt will meet in Valencia with the Regional Minister for Housing, Public Works and structuring of the territory to transfer the conclusions have been reached.
Draft allegations
Already it made a first draft of these allegations in which it is clear "the frontal opposition to the studies of negative viability and profitability that has been carried out by the Ministry of Development and the commitment to a path with less environmental impacts".
Councilors María Josep Ripoll and Josep Crespo explained that in the draft allegations the demand criterion used by the report of the Ministry of Public Works for the assessment of the three proposed route alternatives is questioned, since it takes as a reference only the population of the term municipality of Dénia and of this, as the main element, the one located at a radius of only 1.500 meters from the station, so it does not contemplate the potential population that would come to the station by means of a private vehicle from other points of the municipality of Dénia or from other towns in the region.
Spokesmen for the political groups had access on Thursday to draft, in which the government team is committed to starting Caragussos as the best location for the station of Gandia-Oliva-Denia train, understand that it is the most suitable point for the town and other users of the Marina Alta region because of its lower cost and environmental impact and good connection with the TRAM and other towns in the region.